Ornamental support for draperies



May 11, 1937. c. P. HENRY 2,080,270

ORNAMENTAL SUPPORT FOR DRAPERIES Filed Jan. 3, 1936 Patented May 11,1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Charles P. Henry, Cranston, R. L,assignor to James N. Henry, Providence, R. I.

Application January 3, 1936, Serial No. 57,409

6 Claims.

My invention relates to drapery supports including rods, both sectionaland non-sectional, and terminately curved or uncurved, struck up fromthin metal comprising elongated webs or body portions provided withopposed lateral transversely U-shaped flanges.

The above type of rod, because of the required presence of thecontinuous lateral flanges has afforded a relatively small resultantareafor surface ornamentation, particularly transversely of the web orbody portion, and thus such 'rods have heretofore not been availablewhere the room decoration has required an ornate or elaborate type ofornamentation.

One object of the present invention is to overcome the reciteddisadvantage.

A further object is to effect this end by an auxiliary ornamentattachable to the curtain rod.

An additional object is to enable the employment of a cast ornament inconjunction with a stamped curtain rod, whereby elaborateness of designin the auxiliary ornament is permitted, and at a minimum of expense.

And finally to provide a simple, secure, and easily operable means forinterengaging the rod and ornament.

To the above ends primarily my invention consists in such parts and insuch combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the curtain rod portion of myinvention,

Figure 2, a section of the same on line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3, a front elevation of the ornament portion of my inventiondetached from the rod portion,

Figure 4, a, fragmentary front elevation of the complete draperysupport, the parts being shown interengaged,

Figures 5 and 6, a plan and rear elevation respectively of the same,

Figure 7, a section of the same on line 1-1 of Figure 4,

Figure 8, a similar enlarged section showing the curtain rod portion indifierent positions of engagement relatively to the ornament portion,

Figure 9, a perspective View of a sectional curtain rod portion of myinvention, and

Figure 10, a section similar to that of Figure '7 of a modified form ofmy support taken on a line corresponding to l0*-l0 of Figure 9.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout theviews.

My support, as herein shown, includes a nonsectional struck curtain rodportion 13 of channel shaped cross section, comprising a vertical web, 5strip, or body l5 and longitudinally disposed inturned lateral flangesl1, transversely U-shaped, and transversely resilient or yielding.

My support includes also a cast ornament portion l8 consisting of astrip or body IS with a design 20 formed upon its front face and with asmooth back. The strip is provided midway its length with a verticallydisposed opening 22 extending from its lower edge to an intermediateportion of the strip, and the portions 24 of the body at each side ofthe opening are severally tapering towards their ends and in thisinstance each provided with intermediate forwardly and rearwardlydirected reverse swells 26 and 21 respectively.

Cast integral with the strip midway its length and adjacent the upperend of the opening 22 is a rearwardly offset depending finger 29comprising an offset portion 30 and shank portion 3|. The front of theshank has a rounded shoulder 33 intermediate its length. The lowerportion 34 of the shoulder is gradually inclined, and the upper portion35 is substantially horizontal, imparting to the whole the character ofa fixed cam. The distance between the apex of the shoulder 33 and theplane of the adjacent rear face of the body is less than the extent ofthe overhang of the rod flanges I'l.

At each side of the offset portion of the finger the rear face of thebody is cast with projections 31 in longitudinal alignment with eachother.

In assembling, the ornament and curtain rod are moved edgewise towardseach other, so that the higher of the two flanges ll rides upwardly overupon the inclined portion of the shoulder 33 thereby graduallycompressing the flange, as shown in broken lines in Figure 8, until thelatter snaps over the apex of the shoulder 33 and expands so that itslower edge engages the finger and the upper portion 35 of the shoulder,and the lower flange abuts against the finger adjacent to or against thelower portion of the shoulder. The top of the upper flange is adjacentthe offset portion of the finger, and any accidental tilt of the rodisprevented by the projections 31 against which the top of the upperflange abuts when the assemblage of the ornament with the rod iscompleted.

The ornament is thus secured against accidental disengagement from thecurtain rod, and because of its cast character the former is capable ofreceiving elaborate ornamentation and at small cost. The constructionand arrangement of the parts of both the ornament and rod are such as tomake the assemblage operation facile and instantaneous.

In Figure 10 is shown the assemblage of the ornament it! with a curtainrod of the section type shown in Figure 9 wherein one section 39 of therod 40 telescopes within a like section 4|, with their respectiveflanges 42 and Q3 in overlapping contact.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an ornament for a curtain rod havinga body, a rearwardly offset depending finger upon the body, and aprojection upon the front of the finger extending towards the body.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an ornament for a curtain rodcomprising a body provided with an intermediate opening extendingupwardly from the lower edge of the body, a rearwardly oifset dependingfinger integral with the body at the top of the opening, a projectionupon the front of the finger intermediate its length, and horizontallydisposed portions integral with the back of the body and positioned uponopposite sides of the finger.

3. As a new article of manufacture, an ornament for a curtain rod havinga body, a depending finger upon the body and offset from the body, and aprojection upon the finger extending towards the body.

4. As a new article of manufacture, an ornament for a curtain rodcomprising a body provided with an intermediate opening extending fromthe edge of the body, an offset finger integral with the body adjacentthe opening, a projection upon the finger extending towards the opening,and horizontally disposed portions integral with the body upon oppositesides of the finger.

5. As a new article of manufacture, an ornament for a curtain rodcomprising a body, a rearwardly offset depending finger integral withthe body, projections upon the body in longitudinal alignment with eachother disposed upon opposite sides of the finger, and a projection uponthe finger.

6. As a new article of manufacture, an ornament for a curtain rodcomprising a body provided with an intermediate opening extending fromthe edge of the body, an ofi'set finger upon the body adjacent theopening, and a projection upon the finger extending towards the opening.

CHARLES P. HENRY.

